Friedrich Julius Schilsky, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Friedrich Julius Schilsky

German entomologist

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1848

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1912

Profession: entomologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Friedrich Julius Schilsky (1848–1912) was a German entomologist. He was Secretary of the Entomological Society of Berlin.
His principal work was a catalogue of German beetles Systematisches Verzeichnis der Käfer Deutschlands, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer geographischen Verbreitung.
Zugleich ein Käfer-Verzeichnis der Mark Brandenburg (Berlin, 1888).
In 1894, he continued Die Käfer Europas started by Heinrich Carl Küster (1807-1876), briefly succeeded by Ernst Gustav Kraatz (1831-1909) and Ernest August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter (1820-1880).
Schilsky,wrote the seventeen last volumes (completed 1911).
His collections are in Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.